Not one of the cells in your body is made from a drug. When you see advertisements urging you to take prescription drugs for a chronic condition, ask your doctor why. Then ask for a nutritional alternative. Half of us on chronic medication means it is time to say no to drugs.

References:
(1) Alderman JD, Pasternak RC, Sacks FM, Smith HS, Monrad ES, Grossman W. Effect of a modified, well-tolerated niacin regimen on serum total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and the cholesterol to high density lipoprotein ratio. Am J Cardiol. 1989 Oct 1;64(12):
725-9.

(2) Mason M. NY Times, January 23, 2007. An old cholesterol remedy is new again.

(3) http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n10.shtml
Also vitamin E: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n01.shtml

(4) Depression: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n11.shtml
Asthma: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n08.shtml
Behavioral disorders: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v03n07.shtml
Research summaries at http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml
Free access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles at http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom

OMNS Update: OMNS August 7th, 2008 release titled "AOL Shills For Big Pharma" - AOL now appears to have dropped the "Presented by Journey for Control" link to Merck Inc. from their "Dangerous Vitamins" article. The text of the article appears unchanged.

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